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Prisoner abuse hearing halted

By Sridhar Krishnaswami

Washington: A military court at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has temporarily halted its hearing to decide if Pfc. Lynndie England should stand trial for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib outside Baghdad. Ms England was the soldier who was photographed holding a naked Iraqi inmate on a leash, one of the many graphic images that set off shock and furore in the international community, particularly in the Arab world. Ms England has been charged with 19 counts of prisoner abuse including committing indecent acts and disobeying orders and faces up to 38 years in prison if convicted on all the charges. The temporary halt in the proceedings came after lawyers for Ms England asked the hearing officer for permission to call up to 50 additional witnesses over and beyond the 25 that were called already in the first four days. Among the new witnesses that Ms England's lawyers wish to call are the Vice-President, Dick Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, Lt. Gen Ricardo Sanchez and Brigadier General Janis Karpinski.

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